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beset

 
/bɪˈset/ v [T] (past tense beset, present participle besetting)

Definition

hurt or troubled by something bad: Many problems have beset the team in recent months.
(Definition of beset v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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